महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-6, chapter-79, verse-23

सा वध्यमाना समरे धार्तराष्ट्री महाचमूः ।
वेगान्बहुविधांश्चक्रे विषं पीत्वेव मानवः ॥२३॥

23. sā vadhyamānā samare dhārtarāṣṭrī mahācamūḥ ,
vegānbahuvidhāṁścakre viṣaṁ pītveva mānavaḥ.

23. sā vadhyamānā samare dhārtarāṣṭrī mahācamūḥ
vegān bahuvidhān cakre viṣaṁ pītvā iva mānavaḥ

23. samare vadhyamānā sā dhārtarāṣṭrī mahācamūḥ,
viṣaṁ pītvā mānavaḥ iva,
bahuvidhān vegān cakre

23. That great army of Dhritarashtra, being slaughtered in battle, made various desperate moves, just like a human being who has drunk poison.

Words meanings summery:

• सा (sā) - (referring to the army) (that (feminine))

• वध्यमाना (vadhyamānā) - being struck down, being killed, being slaughtered

• समरे (samare) - in battle, in war

• धार्तराष्ट्री (dhārtarāṣṭrī) - (referring to Dhritarashtra's army) (belonging to Dhritarashtra, Dhritarashtra's)

• महाचमूः (mahācamūḥ) - great army

• वेगान् (vegān) - various desperate moves (speeds, impetuosities, urges, movements)

• बहुविधान् (bahuvidhān) - of many kinds, various

• चक्रे (cakre) - she made, she performed, she did

• विषं (viṣaṁ) - poison

• पीत्वा (pītvā) - having drunk

• इव (iva) - like, as if, similar to

• मानवः (mānavaḥ) - human being, man

Words meanings and morphology

सा (sā) - (referring to the army) (that (feminine))

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, she, it

Note: Modifies 'mahācamūḥ'.

वध्यमाना (vadhyamānā) - being struck down, being killed, being slaughtered

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of vadhyamāna

vadh - to strike, to kill, to slay

Present Passive Participle

Derived from root `vadh` (to strike, kill) with `śānac` suffix.

Root: vadh (class 1)

Note: Modifies 'mahācamūḥ'.

समरे (samare) - in battle, in war

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of samara

samara - battle, war, conflict

Note: Locative of place.

धार्तराष्ट्री (dhārtarāṣṭrī) - (referring to Dhritarashtra's army) (belonging to Dhritarashtra, Dhritarashtra's)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of dhārtarāṣṭra

dhārtarāṣṭra - descendant of Dhritarashtra; belonging to Dhritarashtra

Derived from Dhritarāṣṭra with the taddhita suffix `aṇ` meaning 'related to'.

Note: Feminine form modifying 'mahācamūḥ'.

महाचमूः (mahācamūḥ) - great army

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of mahācamū

mahācamū - great army

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+camū)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective
• camū – army, host, forces
  noun (feminine)

Note: Subject of 'cakre'.

वेगान् (vegān) - various desperate moves (speeds, impetuosities, urges, movements)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of vega

vega - speed, velocity, force, impetuosity, impulse, rush

Note: Object of 'cakre'.

बहुविधान् (bahuvidhān) - of many kinds, various

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of bahuvidha

bahuvidha - of many kinds, various, manifold

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (bahu+vidha)

• bahu – many, much
  adjective
• vidha – kind, sort, type
  noun (masculine)

Note: Modifies 'vegān'.

चक्रे (cakre) - she made, she performed, she did

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, perfect (lit) of kṛ

Perfect middle 3rd person singular form of root `kṛ`.

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Subject is 'mahācamūḥ'.

विषं (viṣaṁ) - poison

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of viṣa

viṣa - poison, venom

Note: Object of 'pītvā'.

पीत्वा (pītvā) - having drunk

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Derived from root `pā` (to drink) with `ktvā` suffix.

Root: pā (class 1)

Note: Precedes the implied main action for the human.

इव (iva) - like, as if, similar to

(indeclinable)

Note: Particle indicating comparison.

मानवः (mānavaḥ) - human being, man

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mānava

mānava - human, human being, man; descendant of Manu

Note: Subject of the comparison.